Attachment for sewing-machines.



C. M. BRIZENDINE.

ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. I917.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

15 Z 24 Wm,

CALVIN M. BRIZENDIN ATTACHMENT FOR Application filed May 23,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN M. Bnrznn- DINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salina, in the county of Saline and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Sewing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an attachment for sewing machines which is particularly designed for assisting in the stitching of rick rack or edging made of sinuous tape, and the primary object of the invention is to provide an attachment for sewing machines which includes a plate adapted for attachment to the bed plate of a sewing machine and which plate has a rick rack guiding tube formed thereupon through which the rick rack passes to and beneath the presser foot of the sewing machine.

Another object of this invention is to provide a horizontal plate which extends outwardly from one edge of the rick rack guiding tube and over which plate the goods to which the rick rack is stitched passes, and further to provide a curved portion at the delivery end of this plate which will fold the edge of the goods to form a hem.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like and corresponding parts throughout the several views, an in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the attachment showing the same applied to a fragment of a sewing machine;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment; and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the bed plate of an ordinary sewing machine, and 2 indicates the resser foot of the sewing machine.

The attachment, which is generically indicated by the numeral 3, is constructed of Specification of Letters Patent.

E, OF SALINA, KANSAS.

SEWING-MACHINES.

Patented Dec. 31,1918.

1917. Serial No. 170,467.

sheet metal and it has a laterally extending wing 4, which is provided with a key-hole slot 5. The slot 5 receives the set-screw 5 which is the ordinary set-screw carried by the majority of sewing machines, for attaching the attachment to the sewing machine, so that the rick rack or edging guiding tube 6 will be positioned in alinement with and in front of the presser foot 2 as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The attachment is preferably constructed of sheet metal and it has one edge of the main body plate thereof, bent to form the rick rack guiding tube 6 which is substantially rectangularly shaped in cross section and which -is bent or curved intermediate its ends as shown at 7 to provide a horizontal portion 8 and a vertical portion 9. The mouth 10 of the horizontal portion is positioned directly in front of the presser foot 2 of the sewing machine, so that the rick rack issuing from the tube will be engaged by the presser foot for stitching to an article. The free edge of the plate of which the attachment is 'formed, is bent downwardly and secured in any suitable manner, such as by soldering or the like, to the upper surface of the body as shown at 11. The edge of the wing 4 is rolled or bent upon itself as shown at 12.

A plate 14 is provided which extends in a horizontal plane outwardly from the edge of the guiding tube 6 opposite to the edge from which the wing 4 extends. The plate 14 has its inner edge bent to form a cloth guiding tube 15 the upper edge of which is soldered or otherwise suitably secured to the under surface of the horizontal portion 8 of the tube 6, as shown at 16 in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The upper edge of the cloth guiding portion 15 of the plate 14 has an enlargement 17 thereon at the delivery end of the tube 6 which enlargement is rolled as clearly shown in the drawings for folding the edge of the cloth to which the edging or rick rack is to be stitched, to form a hem.

The upper side of the tube 6 is provided with a plurality of transversely extending slots 18 in the curved portion of the tube which are formed therein to prevent buc-' kling this side of the tube when curving the same. The main body plate of the attachment curves upwardly along one side of the tube 6 forming a guard or wing 19. The laterally extending wing 4 is concavo-convexedly curved as shown at 20, so as to posiattachment to secure tion the under surface of the Wing in the same plane with the under surface of the plate 14 so as to hold the tube 6 at the proper elevation for feeding rick rack or sinuous tape or edging to the sewing machine.

In use, the attachment is attached to the bed plate of a sewing machine through the medium of a set screw indicated at 5 which is inserted through the key-hole 5 so that the delivery end 10 of the tube 6 will be positioned directly in front of the presser foot 2 of the sewing machine. The rick rack, or edgin which is to be stitched to the cloth is fed into and through the tube 6 while the cloth to which the edgingis to be stitched is passed over the plate 14. The edge of the tube 6 overhangs the guiding edge of the plate 14 as clearly shown in Fig. 3, so that the rick rack or edging will be properly spaced with respect to the edge of the cloth, for stitching thereto. The curved or rolled extension 17 will roll the edge of the cloth to form a hem thereon, and the rick rack being drawn out of the tube 6 by the action of the sewing machine will be stitched to the hemmed edge of the cloth at the same distance from the edge, throughout the entire length thus providing a uniform stitch ing for the edging to the cloth and eliminating the inconveniences of manually guiding the edging to the machine, as well as forming a hem upon the cloth to which the edging is to be stitched.

In reducing the invention to practice, certain minor features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may necessitate alterations to. which the patentee is entitled, provided such alterations are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

What isclaimed is 1. An attachment for sewing machines comprising, a rick rack guiding tube having its mouth disposed forwardly of the presser foot of the machine; means carried by the the same to the ma chine and a cloth guiding plate arranged on one side of the rick rack guiding tube, said guiding plate having its inner portion thereof bent upon itself to form a cloth guiding tube adapted to fold a portion of the cloth upon itself prior to the application of the rick rack thereto.

2. An attachment for sewing machines comprising a rick rack guiding tube having its mouth disposed-forwardly of the presser foot of the machine, said rick rack guiding tube having its delivery portion arranged horizontally and its receiving portion vertically disposed, means carried by the at tachment to secure the same to the machine; a cloth guiding plate arranged on one side of the rick rack guiding tube; and a conical shaped cloth guiding tube having a longitudinally extending slot formed therein, said conical shaped tube being disposed adjacent the mouth of the rick rack guiding tube, said cloth guiding tube being adapted to fold a portion of the cloth upon itself prior to the application of the rick rack thereto.

3. An attachment for sewing machines comprising, a rick rack guiding tube having its mouth disposed forwardly of the presser foot of the machine; means carried by the attachment to secure the same to the machine; a cloth guiding plate arranged on one, side of the rick rack guiding tube; and a conical shaped cloth guiding tube arranged above the cloth guiding plate and disposed beneath and to one side f the dellVGly mouth of the rick rack guiding tube, said conical shaped cloth guiding tube having a longitudinally extending slot therein and adapted to fold a portion of the cloth upon itself prior to the application of the rick rack thereto. a

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CALVIN M. BRIZENDINE.

WVitnesses:

C. L. WIGHT, C, W. LYNN.

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